Enlarge / Illustration—not the actual Boeing satellite used by DirecTV. Getty Images | 3DSculptor DirecTV is scrambling to move a broken Boeing satellite out of its standard orbit in order to limit the risk of “an accidental explosion.” As Space News reported today, DirecTV asked the Federal Communications Commission for …
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Apple is embedding itself more deeply with fitness brands through a new rewards program called Apple Watch Connected. Starting Thursday, members of Crunch Fitness, greater Twin Cities YMCA, BaseCamp, and Orangetheory who own Apple Watches will be able to accrue gift cards and discounts. [Photo: courtesy of Apple] Last year, …
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Learning to work with intelligent machines Tonya Hall talks to Dr. Matt Beane, assistant professor of technology management at the University of California at Santa Barbara, to learn more about ways that AI is helping individuals better understand how to work with intelligent machines. Your manager–or 69% of what that …
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Just to let you know, if you buy something featured here, Mashable might earn an affiliate commission. Save up to $2,000 while impressing all your house guests. Image: LG By Veronika KeroMashable Shopping2020-01-23 16:26:31 UTC Samsungs, and Sonys, and LGs, oh my. TV sales are coming in hot to get …
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In February last year, Vivo announced the launch of a new premium smartphone sub-brand called iQOO. While the brand has so far focused only on the Chinese market, it is now planning to expand its presence to a few more markets. Its global expansion will begin next month, which is …
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The big patching problems this month fell at the feet of admins who had to deal with an unholy mess of pressing exposures: Fixing the holes in Microsoft’s RD Gateway (CVE-2020-0610; see Susan Bradley’s Patch Watch, paywalled); dealing with Server 2008 R2 systems that booted to Recovery mode after installing …
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Presented by Avnet Connected things are no longer the exception. They’re the rule. Nowhere was this clearer to me than at CES this year, where virtually every thing on the floor — every robot, wearable, screen, vehicle, appliance, furnishing — was either somehow connected to the internet or at least …
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Integration of big data and analytics is quickly becoming a top priority for businesses, according to IDC Australia, while cloud integration or migration is seeing less enthusiasm. The report focused on Australian businesses, who are still investing heavily into cloud computing. But according to Sally Parker, IDC Australia research director, …
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Enlarge / Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Democrats from New York, during a news conference on the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund in Washington, DC, on Thursday, July 18, 2019. The Federal Communications Commission has unfairly shut New York state out of a planned $20.4 billion broadband-funding …
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When it comes to AI, Big Tech wants a hand in developing regulation. In a January 20 piece for the Financial Times calling for the regulation of the technology, Google CEO Sundar Pichai argued that his company’s artificial intelligence principles could be used as a template for future laws. Brad …
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